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Answers to some questions we've received on the multilingual functionality this month.

More and more organizations are international. They have offices in several countries, or even on several continents, use contractors, or serve people across oceans. Language barriers can be a challenge, and your digital workplace rises to meet it by working to provide a seamless experience for all supported languages. Today we look at several questions that have come in recently around using multilingual in practice.
Are members stuck with the default language?
Not at all! Regardless of…
A look at datafeeds and time.

When your analytics goals are refined, time starts to matter a lot. It's not enough to know how often users are active in your digital workplace, but what times they're most engaged. Are they logging on in the morning and staying on, or sporadically visiting throughout the day? How long to they spend being active in your Igloo, and what actions are they taking?
The table that ties all of this together in datafeeds is the dUtcHalfHour table. Using this, you can tie member actions to specific…
A guide to configuring access in your new digital workplace.

The time to set up access is after your Channels and Pages are in place, and your content strategy is set up. Knowing where the content that members need to see lives, and who owns those areas are the cornerstones of any access model. Today we'll look at best practices when setting up access in your digital workplace, and making it ready for your members.
Access in Igloo is absolute. If a member doesn't have access to an item, it won't appear anywhere in navigation, it won't load in widgets,…
A short guide to creating newsletters and announcements in your digital workplace.
Normally when we look at content creation, we're looking at individual blog posts, splashy announcements or short team updates are the majority of posts in the Igloo platform. But there's another option, a format rewarded for both completeness and consistency. Your blog can be a newsletter, collecting content from around your digital workplace and providing focused updates that reach all of your members. Today we'll look at how to implement a newsletter blog in your Igloo.
Newsletter blogs are…
A look at ways to leverage profiles in your digital workplace.

Profiles can be a key element of building community in your Igloo. Every member of your digital workplace has a profile, which can detail their skills, history, contact information, and more. they're the cornerstone of connecting people to people, letting your members find people with similar interests, form communities of practice, and get to know people outside their team.
In addition, profiles are useful for organizations of every size. Smaller customers make use of them for onboarding, so…
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